The Act of Incorporation and the By-Laws of the Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society | Page 3

a two-thirds vote of the
members present at any stated meeting, provided the said person shall
have been approved by the Executive Committee. Honorary and
corresponding members shall be entitled to the diploma of the Society,
and to participate in its proceedings in meetings devoted to scientific

subjects.
XVII. Every member shall receive the diploma of the Society, signed
by the President and Secretary, for which he shall, upon his election,
pay the sum of five dollars.
XVIII. Any member in good standing shall have the privilege of
withdrawing from the Society, by giving notice, in writing, of such
intention, and paying all arrearages due to the Society.

RETIRED MEMBERS.
XIX. Members on removing from the State, or on retiring from practice,
may, provided all their dues to the Society are paid, by vote of the
Executive Committee, be placed on the list of retired members, and as
such, shall be exempt from any assessments, and shall not receive,
except by courtesy, any of the publications of the Society, nor be
entitled to speak or vote at any of its meetings.
XX. Any person who has resigned his membership, or been placed on
the list of retired members, may, on application in writing, be reinstated
by vote of the Society at any regular meeting.
Any member removing out of the State shall have liberty to retain his
membership, on paying his annual assessment.
XXI. Any member may be expelled from the Society, or, having
resigned his membership, may be deprived of his privileges, by a vote
of two-thirds of the members present at any regular meeting, upon
charges of the following description; provided the charge or charges
against him have first been considered by the Executive Committee,
and provided he has been notified of the same by the Secretary, and an
opportunity has thereby been given him to make his defence before the
Society:--
1. For any gross and notorious immorality or infamous crime under the
laws of the land.

2. For any attempt to subvert the objects or injure the reputation of the
Society.
3. For advertising, publicly vending, or pretending to the knowledge
and use of any secret nostrum.
4. For furnishing to any person, or presenting in his own behalf, a false
certificate of character and studies as a student of medicine, tending to
deceive the public, or the Censors of the Society.
5. For habitually furnishing advice or holding professional
consultations with persons who practice medicine without the
necessary acquirements to entitle them to the respect, confidence or
courtesy of the members of the Society.
XXII. As the object of the Society is to improve the science of
medicine, to increase the influence and usefulness of its members, and
to secure greater harmony and friendship among them, therefore it is of
the highest importance that each member should so conduct himself,
both in his private and professional life, as to command the entire
respect of his colleagues.
Every person who becomes a member is understood to take upon
himself an obligation to communicate to the Society any discoveries he
shall have made relating to the science of medicine or surgery, and to
co- operate in such measures as my be adopted by the Society for the
advancement of these sciences; and, on his refusal to do so, he shall be
subject to such censure as the Society, by a two-thirds vote, shall
inflict.
XXIII. Every member of the Society shall be assessed annually three
dollars ($3), and such other assessments as a majority of the members,
at any legal meeting, may determine.

DELEGATES.
XXIV. The Executive Committee may appoint delegates to other

Societies and Associations whenever they deem it advisable to do so;
and such delegates shall receive certificates of appointment from the
recording Secretary.
Accredited delegates from other Societies and Associations shall be
allowed to participate in the scientific deliberations of this Society.

MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY.
XXV. The annual meeting of the Society shall be held on the second
Wednesday of April, and the semi-annual meeting on the second
Wednesday of October, at ten o'clock, A.M., in such one of the cities or
towns of the Commonwealth as the Executive Committee may
determine. A special meeting of the Society shall be called by the
President, on the written request of ten members, stating the object of
said meeting.

MEETINGS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
XXVI. The Executive Committee shall meet on the third Wednesday of
April, July, October, and January. At the first or annual meeting the
Committees and the Orator shall be appointed for the ensuing year.
At the meetings of the Executive Committee, five persons shall
constitute a quorum. A special meeting of the Executive Committee
shall be called by the President, on the written application of three of its
members.
XXIII.